Thanks to Conon of Samos, however, you can see Berenice's hair (the constellation Coma Berenices) near the middle of our gatefold map of May's night sky.

The true constellational debut of Coma Berenices occurred in 1551 on cartographer Gerard Mercator's celestial globe, but it took inclusion by Tycho Brahe in the star catalog of 1602 to persuade the astronomical community to make Berenice's Hair permanent.

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